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Franklin Jr. mine (originally the Albany and Boston mine; then the Peninsula mine) - Ripley, Houghton County; Halliwell mine - Porcupine Mountains, Ontonagon County; Hancock mine - Hancock, Houghton County Dupuis shaft; Hanover mine - Copper Harbor, Keweenaw County; Hays mine (originally the Pittsburg and Boston mine) - Copper Harbor, Keweenaw ...
Quincy Mining Co. Strataform native copper Closed since 1945. Now part of Keweenaw National Historical Park: Cliff: Keweenaw County, Michigan: Pittsburgh & Boston Mining Co. Vein native copper Productive 1845 to 1887 Victoria Mine: Victoria, Ontonagon County, Michigan: Victoria Copper Mining Company Closed in 1921 C&H: Calumet, Houghton County ...
Copper Harbor is located at the northern tip of the Keweenaw Peninsula, bordering Lake Superior. It is one of the best natural harbors in Keweenaw County and was a quick focus of attention after copper was discovered on the peninsula in the 1830s. In the early 1840s, a copper rush took place that saw a flood of fortune-seekers moving to the ...
The Minong Mine site contains prehistoric copper mining pits, thought to be as old as 4500 years. In addition, the site contains the remains of the Minong Mine, a 19th century copper mine that produced 249 tons of copper over its ten years of existence. 33: Monarch: Monarch: June 14, 1984 : Palisade area on the north side of Blake Point [6
Delaware Mine entrance. The Delaware Copper Mine is located off U.S. Highway 41 (US 41), 12 miles (19 km) south of Copper Harbor, Michigan. [4] The Delaware Copper Mine provides tours of one of the oldest copper mines in the Keweenaw, [4] dating back to 1846. [18] The mine had five shafts, with the deepest reaching 1,400 feet (430 m). [18]
13-oz. nugget of native copper, Keweenaw County, Michigan.Size 9.5 x 8.6 x 1.7 cm. Native copper from the Keweenaw Peninsula Michigan about 2.5 inches (6.4 cm) long. Copper Country is highly unusual among mining districts in that the copper mined was predominantly in its elemental ("native") form, rather than in the form of compounds (mostly oxides and sulfides) that form the basis of the ...
The Lac La Belle and Calumet Railroad was an American, 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge railroad that operated in the Keweenaw Peninsula, or the extreme northern Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The line was owned by the Conglomerate Mining Company and ran between a stamp mill at Lac La Belle and the Delaware copper mine from 1883 to 1888, when poor ...
Laurium (/ ˈ l ɔː r i ə m /; LAW-ri-um or / ˈ l eɪ r i ə m / LAIR-i-um) is a village in Calumet Township, Houghton County in the U.S. state of Michigan, in the center of the Keweenaw Peninsula. The population was 1,977 at the 2010 census. The village is mostly surrounded by Calumet Township, with a small portion bordering Schoolcraft ...